A preprint from a forthcoming pamphlet of the National Conference on Research in English. (Author)

Deals with the Spanish influence in the Philippine Islands and the necessity of teaching the Spanish language. (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)

Traces the history and problems of the instruction of the dialects of Languedoc since the eighteenth century: the scholarly efforts of the Felibrige, the current pedagogical situation, desire for regional bilingualism, political barriers, and controversial terminology. (Text is in French.) (MSE)

The normalization of French and the selection of German as a second language over the traditional Alsatian is discussed. The teaching of the dialect has more often than not been promoted as an argument against German, and not as a serious proposition. The author encourages some bilingual education. (Text is in French.) (MSE)

"Bilingual education" is among the new technical terms which claim to add efficiency, precision, and clarity to an otherwise complex existence. The practitioner has the responsibility of making its definition useful--precise and comprehensive. For Alaska, a useful definition of "bilingual education" must be flexible enough to…

This article presents an outline of how some linguistic studies have formed the basis for the start of an experimental program in training bilingual Navajo elementary school teachers. (RC)

It is suggested that any second language program for young children be based on the following principles: Children are motivated to learn a second language because of language relationships with others; young children need a total development program within a language program; and children learn by doing. (Author/MS)

This paper outlines the proceedings of a conference on foreign language education held in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1975. Various speakers and panels detailed the history of foreign languages in Wisconsin schools, the price of language education, value of language study, support of languages at university level, and bilingual education. (CHK)

Describes an experiment in bilingual education whereby two classes, one selective in ability and the other representing varying degrees of ability, were taught Georgraphy through French, as a first step toward French-medium instruction for other subjects. (AM)

Content-specific vocabulary instruction was used in four seventh and eighth grade social studies and science classes as a method for improving the English language ability of non-native English speakers. A total of 52 monolingual English-speaking non-Hispanic students, 7 monolingual English-speaking Hispanic students, 6 Spanish-listening Hispanic…

Designed for use in a bilingual program, this basic French reader centers around a trip to Canada. It contains reading selections, two short poems, the words and music of a song entitled "La cigale et la fourmi," and several oral and written exercises. (PMP)

This document describes plans for a project investigating the introduction of English as a second language in Swedish schools beginning with the first grade. (English is now introduced as a compulsory foreign language in grade 4.) The primary aim of the Project is "to generally illustrate the effects which occur when the total number of…

This article discusses bilingual education for Mexican-Americans as it relates to the Spanish-Catalan situation in Spain. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)

Presidential address presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Mexico City, Mexico, August 10, 1973. (SK)